Rousmaniere Returns from Volunteer Trip to Africa With Coaches Across Continents

Aug 10, 2009

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Harvard senior midfielder
Adam Rousmaniere recently returned from a two-month volunteer trip
with the Coaches across Continents program in Blantre,
Malawi.

Along with sophomore Sophie Legros of the women's soccer team, and
former Crimson men's soccer player David Williams '07, Rousmaniere
worked with local teachers and educators in teaching 800 children
the game of soccer. During morning sessions, they used new
styles of coaching the game, working in coordination with
PlaySoccer Malawi, a local coaching organization, and in the
afternoon, the volunteers taught other games and worked on other
soccer drills.

After spending eight weeks in Blantyre, Rousmaniere traveled to
Mzuzu and Lilongwe, running the same soccer program with local
coaches.

Coaches across Continents, founded in 1990, is a not-for-profit
organization designed to develop young people to become modern
leaders in their community. Seamus Malin '62, a U.S. Soccer Hall of
Famer, and Nick Gates '91 run this organization which allows
experiences soccer coaches to work and assist developing regions
using a designed soccer education curriculum.

Last month, Coaches across Continents earned the Best New Project
Award at the prestigious Beyond Sport Awards in London.
Beyond Sport is the global initiative which, through its award
program, seeks to unearth, celebrate and support the world’s
most inspirational sports projects, people and organizations that
drive positive change through sport.